Deb Vanasse
No Returns (NEW), The Cold Spell, Out of the Wilderness, Black Wolf Glacier, Lucy’s Dance, etc. • co-founder of 49 Writers Alaska Writing Center
Deb Vanasse (www.debvanasse.com) has authored more than a dozen published books, including two 2014 releases, the novels No Returns and Cold Spell. Formerly on faculty at the University of Alaska Kuskokwim and Fairbanks campuses, Deb is a graduate of the Master in Humanities program at California State University Dominguez Hills. She is the co-founder of the 49 Alaska Writing Center, a nonprofit serving Alaska’s literary community, and the founder of Running Fox Books, an independent author cooperative. Her current projects include a narrative nonfiction book called Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Last Great Race for Gold, inspired during a faculty stint at North Words in 2011. In addition to writing, Deb does freelancing editing and hosts a teaching series for writers at www.selfmadewriter.blogspot.com. She lives and works on Hiland Mountain outside of Anchorage, Alaska, and at a cabin near the Matanuska Glacier.